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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* Played for laughs in the Britcom ''[[Coupling]]'' when Jane finds out her boyfriend is opposed to premarital sex.
* ''[[Oz]]'': Happens a few times.
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* Used to great effect on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' during, of all things, the 2000 election aftermath. At the end of a long montage involving the host and correspondents working through 37 days of hell, during which they [[I'm a Humanitarian|turn to cannibalism]] and Jon and Stephen [[Ho Yay|apparently fall in love]], Al Gore concedes and it looks like it's all over -- when suddenly Stephen is shot dead. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
** The ''Even Stephven'' segments occasionally had these when Carell and Colbert were explaining their positions:
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* Parodied to the max in ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'', in which practically every dramatic / tragic moment in the series will be punctuated by someone -- usually Rick Daglass -- screaming "''Nooooooo''!!!" at the top of his lungs, in slow motion, for at least a full minute. Usually more than once.
* ''[[Miami Vice]]'' episode "Calderone's Demise" features a string of no less than eight successive iterations of the slow-motion Big No.
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* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'':
** From the holoprogram ''The Adventures of Captain Proton!'':
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'''Kim:''' You're wrong, Chaotica. Before you came on board, someone pushed the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism|self destruct button]]. In three minutes, we'll all be dead.<br />
'''Chaotica:''' ''(with appropriate [[Large Ham]] body language)'' NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! }}
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* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': In the Season 4 episode "The Face of the Enemy", an increasingly upsetting season long arc culminates in a brainwashed Mr. Garibaldi betraying his friends in a big public way, leading to the capture and torture of the captain. Guess what happens when Garibaldi snaps back and realizes that everything he loves is gone and all his friends believe he betrayed them?
** Also, this exchange earlier in Season 4
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Morden: So? They can sense an approaching ship from miles away. So what are you going to do, Mollari? Blow up the island?
Mollari: Actually...now that you mention it...
Morden: NOOOOOOOO!
(Londo presses a button on a small remote detonator he takes out of his pocket, and a distant explosion is heard) }}
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* In the [[Sci Fi]] miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', Wyatt Cain does a Big No during a [[Flashback Nightmare]].
* In ''[[The Office]]'' (USA), Michael has this reaction when he discovers Toby has returned from South America. The fact that it's interrupted by the opening credits makes it ''funnier''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc Behold].
** Another classic one with Pam after discovering Michael {{spoiler|is sleeping with her mother.}} Like the example above, made funnier by a break; in this case, she runs out of the office in a Big No, and the show soon cuts to a commercial break and upon return, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she's still in the midst of her Big No in the parking lot.]]
** Dwight gets a truly epic one when he gets the news that a billboard with himself and Andy in a rather unfortunate position has been defaced. [
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'', {{spoiler|when Alex fails to prevent her parents' death, compounded by the knowledge it was her father who had done the deed.}}
* The cliffhanger ending of season 2 of ''[[Farscape]]'' has left Aeryn dead, John an unintelligible vegetable on an operating table, and Scorpius walking away having killed the doctor and recovered the neural chip from John's head. He tries to let out a big no. As his speech center has been carved out along with the chip it's more of a "FWWOOOOOOO", but the effort was there.
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* In the season 3 finale of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', {{spoiler|Angela Petrelli}} gives a ([[Narm|possibly]]) [[Nightmare Fuel|frightening]] Big No upon seeing the bloody corpse of {{spoiler|Nathan}}.
* Parodied in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' as part of [[The Fun in Funeral]] frolics surrounding Denholm's funeral; when his long-lost son Douglas turns up out of nowhere he bursts in the door, takes off his sunglasses and make sure he's got everyone's full attention before screaming out "''Fath-EEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR''!"
* Played for laughs in ''[[Frasier]]'' in Part Two of "[
* Played for laughs in ''[[Coupling]]'' when Patrick encounters 'The Melty Man'.
* In ''[[Chuck]]'', Sarah lets a loud one out when Michael Clark Duncan's character drops Chuck head-first off the roof of a building.
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* Jack Bauer does one in Season 4 of ''[[24]]'' when {{spoiler|Marwan kills himself.}}
* Done hilariously in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qceSR5eZEec this MadTV skit].
* Parodied in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S7
* This is the [[Catch Phrase]] of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s Mr. Bill.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers]]'': In the final episode of this arc, Billy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHbBoTkijMM&feature=PlayList&p=351595918771688B&playnext=1_from=PL&index=49 shouts] this trope when the command center is about to be blown up.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrP0YznxKw8&t=2m0s CAAAAANNONBAAAAALL!!!!]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tEeg7kJKCs&t=1m22s This moment] on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''.
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* Parodied in ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'' when Victoria lets one out... after gaining one pound.
* On ''[[Cheers]]'' as Rebecca goes into her office Woody is about to leave the bar and tells her he's going out to ask her boss' daughter out for a date. Rebecca not really listening says "Okay." and closes her door. Then a second later she runs out of her office and across the bar screaming "Nooooooooo!!!!" jumps on Woody's back and tackles him just before he reaches the door.
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* In ''[[Shake It Up]]'' "Protest It Up", this was CeCe's reaction to the announcement of a [[Sudden School Uniform]].
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